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Provisional Irish Republican Army
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Noun1.Provisional Irish Republican Army - a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
IRA, Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Sinn Fein - an Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland; became the political branch of the Irish Republican Army
Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
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The British and Irish Governments had asked the IMC, made up of security experts and politicians from the UK and Ireland, to compile a special report on the status of IRA structures.
WAR IS OVER; IRA disbands terrorist structure by The Mirror (London, England)
Power plea SINN Fein must agree to the dismantling of IRA structures and the money stolen in the Northern Bank robbery two years ago must be returned if they are to convince unionists to share power, Democratic Unionist MP the Rev William McCrea warned today.
Children's bodies found by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
IMC spokesman Lord Alderdice said a formal statement confirming the end of remaining IRA structures was now unlikely.
DEATH THROES; IRA's command structure is 'withering away' IMC give ... by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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